The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-01-27
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prevent excessive freight etar,es ~=aa
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II Is Thought 10y SOM" that li N|.| f.t pass
until some. amendment i- .ltr,.t f.t..#Hf
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since the above Was iu tNpe senator
Alexander has introduced Ill amendment,
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roads shaii not hc allowed Ia charge more
for a ,hor. haul than a long ONE,
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0e'''"i' We present p''"N 'N" 'ieeeHts
made against the bi!l-oue 10y senator lou
and the other by Senator V iIham.. If pa
wilson.
At,
NJ o"' - '"'Hs'"'i' "' lH' p.t '' It
peal the clause OF the railroad las pro
hioi'lhg discrimination IN ir'lg rates
sad
Mr. PRESIDENT. nder ordinary cir
cumstances | should have been content
after the opposition / offered b. thts hu
on Yesterday 10 have. .r.ln,.ii,,.,i. io SAM
aui voted no. bat cannot do Is. Tho
inheritance Of this bin 10 th. whole stat.
ana especially TO my county. makes it 5t4
u..tt1y,. ,tr3n n,. in li., every t.,.r.tf.
means TO defeat lts na,saoe
The bill under consideration rcn..,l- 81,
ton 1866 OF Inc code. uh;, section makes
discrimination IN freight rates unlawful
The repeal therefore OF that statute relieves
the railroads of every restriction They
will b,. abl. ia adont In, nolt,.t ~ a,..t t,.t,
and unmakinp town. a thrir t,l,..t-itr,s
and The friends of thl. nm nat nt,I,.a-t
this senate t. l,ass 1t but thev ask thai if
be passed without going through the or.ll
nary course Of a reference WHY such
haste? The friend. of the bin say pa-s ID
at once because the Supreme Court ma, dc.
cided that the railroads have been yIolat
ing the law They say that the fertilizer
season Is approaching and that the rali
roads viii bc forced to raise the freight an
kaiuit ftom Wilmington to Charlotte 10
$50 per ton. This Is the objection made
by the Senator from Mcckienburg, aud If
that Senator would read section 19G6 he
would see that his objection Is not tenabie.
That section closes as follows, "Nothluy
in this chapter shall in any manner bo
taken as abridging the right Of any rail
road company from making special con
tracts with shippers of large quantities OF
freight to be OF not less III quantity or bulk
than one car load. am sure ne kaiuit
dealers of Charlotte would have not the
least trpubie Ia hahlhH - special con
tract WIN Tue railroads. Tor iAc trausPor-
tation oi Their KANT IRON " .lmington at
the old rates.
The only other reason for This unusual
haste, Was the one gwen by the Senator
from Macon, to-Wlt, that unless we repeal
this statute at once, the railroads VIII
have the power under the decision Of tie
Supreme Court 70 pat up their rates -
such point as viii prohibit The trauspOr
tation Of many articles Of traffic And ln
my opinion this has no better bash. than
the objection offered by the senator from
Mecklenburg. Let us see. The supreme
Court has never held that any charge Was
too sm i did not hold IA the recent
decision lIi.ces and Battle vs.. the " and
W l. T. Go that when the L. l. Com
pany charged Il H. Battle 81 80 per ton
for hauling guano 1JJ mics, it charged
them too little, II only held that, tn charg
ing Hines and Battle the same for hauling
guano 49, miles, il charged them too
much. This decision vii. not operate iu
the manner stated by the friends Of the
bill Yesterday. II need not, and ! am
sure, viii not, result IN increasing freight
rates to Charlotte but VIII operate 10 de-
crease, the rates to Lumberton. Monroe,
Wadesboro and all points between VII
mngton and Charlotte, If the present
rules are not III accord with the law. Bur
even If my construction OF tins decision :
erroneous there IS stIli no reason for Ice
lightning speed with winch the TRENDS q
TINS blil are try ing to secure lts. Taxing
their view to be correct the ruln winch
they torcteil cannot possibly begiH heiore
the 9TH of February because section l""'
Of the 1Dle saws tHdl no tIailXC IU tff#